Students applying for a college scholarship:

Please review available scholarships and deadlines via the Imperial College scholarship tool. 

• Contact the supervisor to make an informal application.
• If the supervisor is prepared to consider your application further, then proceed to submit an IC online application indicating the scholarship for which you wish to make an application.
• College acknowledges receipt of application
• Application sent to department for consideration by prospective supervisor and Director of Postgraduate Studies

• If the supervisor supports the application, it will be considered for shortlisting by the departmental Postgraduate Committee.

• Applicants who are shortlisted will be invited to a scholarship interview in February. These are conducted by the Postgraduate Committee and can be held online or by phone if necessary.
• The applicants ranked top after interview will be forwarded to a college panel, who make the final decisions on awarding the scholarships. Applicants will be notified about whether they will be forwarded to this college panel within 3 weeks of the interviews. For dates of the final outcomes, please check the College scholarship webpages.
• If successful, a conditional offer will be sent to applicant by e-mail.

Students applying for a studentship linked to a funded research project:

• Contact the prospective supervisor to make an informal application for the funded research project.
• If the supervisor is prepared to consider your application further, then proceed to submit an IC online application.
• College acknowledges receipt of application.
• Application sent to department for consideration by prospective supervisor and Director of Postgraduate Studies.
• Applicant will be interviewed (online or by phone, if necessary) by prospective supervisor(s) and a member of the departmental Postgraduate Committee. Outcomes of the interviews are usually communicated within 3 weeks from the interview.
• If successful, a conditional offer will be sent to applicant by e-mail.

Students who are applying for a project who have their own funding:

• Read about each of the departmental projects and find one of interest or suggest your own; contact the prospective supervisor to make an informal application.
• If the supervisor is prepared to consider your application further, then proceed to submit an IC online application.
• College acknowledges receipt of application.
• Application sent to department for consideration by prospective supervisor and Director of Postgraduate Studies.
• Applicant will be interviewed (online or by phone, if necessary) by prospective supervisor(s) and a member of the departmental Postgraduate Committee. Outcomes of the interviews are usually communicated within 3 weeks from the interview.
• If application is accepted, a conditional offer will be sent to the applicant by e-mail .